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Disease

carcinoma; small cell lung cancer

Age

60 years

Gender

male

Ethnicity

Black

Applications

It retains small cell carcinoma morphology and ultrastructure as well as APUD cell characteristics.

Karyotype

There are 2 distinct aneuploid peaks, both have characteristic 3p deletion.

Clinical Data

60 years

Black

male

Tumorigenic

Yes

Effects

Yes, in nude mice

Comments

This cell line is aneuploid.

Will form colonies in soft agar.

It retains small cell carcinoma morphology and ultrastructure as well as APUD cell characteristics.

NCI-H128 cells do well on a rotary shaker flask at 70 to 80 rpm at 37°C.

It is normal for cultures of this line to have fairly large amounts of cell debris.

Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment.